Anna Smit showed an impressive effort from her outside hitting position in what was an otherwise poor performance for the Blue and White. The freshman posted a .286 hitting percentage on 16 kills against just four errors. The Sabres hit just .059 for the match, while the Foresters compiled a .169 hitting percentage from the floor.

Lake Forest improved to 13-7 overall with the win, while the Sabres fell to 13-11 with the loss.

The first set saw the Foresters race out to a 14-3 lead before Marian was forced to call a timeout. The Sabres claimed a point on a Kathryn Braunling kill right out of the timeout, but Lake Forest responded with another huge run on the way to a 25-8 set win. The Foresters hit .238 in the set, while holding the Sabres to -.214.

The Sabres snapped out of its offensive funk in the second set with a .154 hitting percentage. Midway through the set, neither team could build more than a four-point lead before the Sabres stretched it to a 20-15 advantage thanks to an LFC ball handling error.

Smit and Katlin Jarvis then combined to close out the set with a 25-20 win.

With renewed enthusiasm after knotting the match at a set apiece, the Sabres jumped out to a 14-7 lead. However, five straight points, including four consecutive kills by Molly McCloskey, had the Foresters back in it and forced the Sabres to take a timeout.

The Sabres were able to curb the run, but not for long. LFC would tie the set at 18-18 and eventually take the lead on Cori Cooper's kill to make it 20-19. They would finish the set on a 5-4 run, capped by a McCloskey kill to end it, 25-23.

That appeared to take the win out of the Marian sails as the Foresters cruised to an easy fourth-set victory, leading by as many as 21-9, before putting away the visitors, 25-15.

Katie Reimer finished with a double-double for the Sabres with 28 assists and 15 digs. Katrina Jansen added 17 digs in the loss. LFC put two players in double-digit kills with McCloskey leading the way with 17. Megan Trubich tallied 10, while Torie Pasiewicz dished out 42 assists and four Foresters added double-digit digs, led by Tia Rupnik's 21.

Marian will have a five-day break before jumping back into conference play with a home tilt against rival Lakeland College, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m.